chainfruit vs Kosrae Flying Fox

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Pteropus ualanus

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Kosrae Flying Fox is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Kosrae Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Apocynaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Alyxia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Pteropus ualanus

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Kosrae Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Kosrae Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Kosrae Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.